by Leslie Sholly | Nov 4, 2018 | books, Catholicism, death, family, Graveyards, Knoxville
Remember summer? It seems so long ago! Not the hot part–that lasted well into October here–but the not-being-in-school-and-having-daily-adventures part, which ended for us in early August. We’ve had adventures since then, if not so many; what I lack...
by Leslie Sholly | Aug 9, 2018 | family, Knoxville, Parenting, Vacations
School started yesterday. Our summer is over even though there is a month and a half left in the season! There wasn’t a whole lot of time for fun in our last week. It was actually a pretty typical week from one of our other summers–I worked every day and...
by Leslie Sholly | Jul 28, 2018 | family, Knoxville, Parenting, Vacations, Walking in Knoxville
Last week I fell far short of my promised one-fun-thing-per-day promise. I had a good excuse, though–I went to Nashville from Wednesday until Saturday to visit my sister. Emily kindly provided some entertainment for her siblings in my stead, taking them...
by Leslie Sholly | Jul 15, 2018 | Graveyards, homeschooling, Knoxville, Parenting, Vacations
Y’all, it is HOT. And our access to a swimming pool is gone. It is hard to want to leave the air conditioning to have summer adventures, but we managed three days of fun this week. I couldn’t get it together till Wednesday, when we had to leave the house...
by Leslie Sholly | Jul 7, 2018 | family, Knoxville, Parenting, teenagers, Vacations
I’ll admit it–it is harder to have fun all the time than you might think. Honestly, I really, really like sitting at my desk having uninterrupted time to get work done. Leaving the house is stressful, and sandwiching fun in between not only work but also...